Improvement in cotton-presses



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHAS. CARDINER, OF NEAR RICHMOND, ALABAMA.

IM PROVEM ENT IN 'COTTON-PRESS ES.

Speclication forming part of Letters Patent No. 5,332. dated October 1G, 18-17. *s

To all whom, t may concer-n:

Be it known that I, ACHAELEs' GARDINEE, of Richmond, in the county of Dallas and State of Alabama, have invented a new and Improved Cotton-Press; and I do hereby de- Clare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specication, in which l Figure l is `a side elevation with a part of the cotton-box broken out, and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section through the same.

`Similar letters indicate like parts in both the figures.

B is the box in which the cotton or other substance is placedto be pressed. A is a door opening into the box B, through which the bales are removed after they have been pressed. C is a strong beam placed over the box B, against which the cotton is pressed. D is the platen or 7follower of the press.

rlhe platen is operated by the following combination of parts:

Gis the drivingwheel, to which power is platen D on each side 0I" the cog-wheel F, to

the sides of the periphery of which theirlower ends are connected by a joint-pin. The cog-v Wheel F has `a movable axis, which is connected to the drivingvshaft p by the arms k k.

Bearing fulcrum-rollers t tare secured to journals projecting from each side of the periphery of the cog-wheel F directly opposite that larms 7c 7c andv the bearing fulcrum-rollers t t,

by which compound movements of the cogwheel F motion is imparted to the platen through the medium of its legs E E. This combination, it will vreadily be perceived, is very' compact, allowinga Wide latitude of movement to the platen, and the power applied to the platen is progressive where it is desirable that it should be-viz., during the last half of its movement-fromthe point that the arms'k k reach a horizontal position until they arrive at a vertical position.

Having thus fully described my improved cotton-press, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The-manner in which I communicate motion and power from the driving-shaft p to the platen D through the medium of the pinion m, cog-wheel F, connecting-arms k k, platenlegsl E E, and fulcrum bearing-rollers t t, combined and operating with each other substantially in the manner herein set forth.

. CHARLES GARDINER.

` Vitnesses: R. S. FLETCHER, JOHN STRAoHAN. 

